Nonlinear modes in finite-dimensional PT-symmetric systems

Details Nonlinear modes in finite-dimensional PT-symmetric systems Nonlinear modes in finite-dimensional PT-symmetric systems

2012-02-16

arxiv.org/abs/1202.3652v2

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

By rearrangements of waveguide arrays with gain and losses one can simulate transformations among parity-time (PT-) symmetric systems not affecting their pure real linear spectra. Subject to such transformations, however, the nonlinear properties of the systems undergo significant changes. On an example of an array of four waveguides described by the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with dissipation and gain, we show that the equivalence of the underlying linear spectra implies similarity of neither structure nor stability of the nonlinear modes in the arrays. Even the existence of one-parametric families of nonlinear modes is not guaranteed by the PT symmetry of a newly obtained system. Neither the stability is directly related to the PT symmetry: stable nonlinear modes exist even when the spectrum of the linear array is not purely real. We use graph representation of PT-symmetric networks allowing for simple illustration of linearly equivalent networks and indicating on their possible experimental design.

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